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Amwoga KhalwaleIntroduction Sometimes, people interchangeably use the word hare and rabbit; and most of the time, it doesn’t make a big difference. Both animals are members of the Leporidae family, so they are already relatives just like sheep and goat. They belong to same family but they are different species. Rabbits differ from hares in size, … Read more
equals() Method In Java equals() method is a public member of java.lang.Object class. As all classes in java extend Object class by default, this method is available in all classes you create in java. The default version of equals() method does the same thing as “==” operator i.e comparing the two objects based on their location … Read more
What Is int? In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types may be of different sizes and may or may not be allowed to contain negative values. Integers are commonly represented in a computer as a group of binary digits (bits). The size of the grouping varies … Read more
The nature of law and ethics is such that they are inextricably intertwined, but it is important to recognise that while their rationales and objectives may overlap, they often differ significantly. Laws are a set of rules and regulations enforced by the government or authorities while ethics are morals and principles adapted by society from the environment. Failure … Read more
What Is Endosmosis? When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the water move inside the cell causing it to swell or bulge. This movement of water inside a cell is known as endosmosis. This happens because the solute concentration of the surrounding solution is less than that inside the cytoplasm of the cell. … Read more
Thick and thin blood smears are commonly used to determine whether a person has malaria or not. If one test is negative and no parasites are found, there will be repeated blood smears every 8 hours for a couple of days to confirm that there is no malaria infection. Blood smears are most often taken … Read more
Velocity is a rate of change of the position of an object within a certain time range. There are two different types of velocity: angular velocity and linear velocity. Linear velocity is the rate of change of the position of an object that is traveling along a straight path. Any object that moves has a linear velocity. On … Read more
What is a Bull Market? A bull market is when a major stock market index rises at least 20% from a recent low. A bull market generally happen during periods when the economy is strong or strengthening. Bull markets are often accompanied by gross domestic product (GDP) growth and falling unemployment, and companies’ profits will be … Read more
Central processing units (CPU) are built with data control instructions for bits being the smallest data measurement unit. A bit, the smallest data measurement unit, is a magnetized and polarized binary digit that represents stored digital data in random access memory (RAM) or read-only memory (ROM). A bit is measured in seconds and characterized by … Read more
What Is Intel Core i5? Developed and manufactured by Intel, the Core i5 is a computer processor, available as dual-core or quad-core. It can be used in both desktop and laptop computers, and is one of four types of processors in the “i” (Intel Core family) series. The first i5 processor was released in September 2009 and new generations of … Read more